Austin Emphasizes Student Responsibility
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg
schools emphasize student rights
instead of student responsibility,
according to Don Austin, a school
board candidate.
"Teachers need the suport of the
staff," he said. Discipline requires
stricter enforcement, Austin con
tinued. He recommended elimina
ting warning steps and swiftly
administering the punishment.
Austin, a poster service employ
ee, said he doesn't think one test
(the Competency Test) should pass
or fail a student. The Charlotte
native suggested the test be used
only "to identify problems as a
source for remedial work."
Among the educational improve
ments Austin supports are a voca
tional training program allowing
apprenticeship in the labor mar
ket. He suggested offering courses
in computer maintenance and
technology, and teaching some of
these high school courses at Cen
tral Piedmont Community College.
For academically talented stu
dents, Austin said he favors
phasing in an AT ( Academically
Talented) program where admis
sion requirements would be strict
er and the curriculum more chal
lenging.
Endorsed by the N.C. Associa
tion of Educators and the Black
Caucus Austin has served on the
1979 School Bond Issue Committee.
He chaired the School Building
Committees at Metro Center.
Austin was a member of the East
Mecklenburg PTA and is presently
vice president of the North Caro
lina Association of Retired Citi
zens, a member of the Mecklen
burg County Area Mental Health
Authority, and a member of the
Western Carolina Citizens Advo
cacy Committee.
He is married, has five children
and attends East Baptist Church.
In Larly Primaries \
Carter W ins Black Vote 1
Spécial To The Poet
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In four
major presidential primaries this
year. President Jimmy Carter won
a solid majority of black votes,
ranging from 52 percent in New
York to 67 percent in Florida,
according to a study conducted by
the Joint Center for Political
Studies.
Based on an analysis of over
120,000 votes cast in predominantly
(90 percent or more) black sample
units in Florida, Alabama, Illinois,
and New York, the Joint Center's
study concluded that black voters
played a prominant role in the
outcome of the Democratic presi
dential primaries in each of these
states. While black voters in
Florida, Alabama, and Illinois
were part of the President's win
ning coalition, they nevertheless
gave Senator Edward Kennedy a
greater share of their votes than
many other groups. In each of the
four states in the study, blacks
made up a sizeable proportion of
the total Kennedy vote.
In the Republican presidential
primaries in Florida, Alabama, ,
and New York, black votes were
too few to analyze or were cost for 1
delegates rather than for candi- 1
dates. However, in Illinois a ma
jority of black Republicans sup
ported Congressman John Ander
son.
In the March 11 Florida Demo
cratic primary, President Carter
won 67.4 percent of the black vote
compared to 29.6 percent for Se
nator Kennedy and 1.2 percent for
California Governor Jerry Brown. ,
The overall vote in Florida was
60.7 percent for Carter, 23.2 per
cent for Kennedy, and 4.9 percent
for Brown. While nearly 10 percent
of all Democratic voters marked
the "no preference" option on the
ballot, blacks virtually ignored this
option. Thus, the level of their
support for both Carter and Ken
nedy was higher than for the state
as a whole.
In Florida's metropolitan areas,
President Carter received 66.9 per
cent of the black vote compared to
30.1 percent for Senator Kennedy.
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